Career Exploration Resources in Government, Non-Profits, and Policy

Dartmouth Resources

• Our colleagues at Rocky, Dickey, and DCSI can help you with your search for government and international & policy related work. Reach out to their offices for suggestions and input – you may find yourself with some new leads!
  • Rocky Newsletter | Rocky on Camera (Overview of Programs) | Instagram
• The Dickey Center engages Dartmouth graduate, professional, and postdoc communities in research, education, and policy engagement through its:
  • Global Health and Development Initiative’s Global Health Fellows
  • Institute of Arctic Studies’ JSEP Graduate Fellows, and
  • Institute for Global Security’s Rosenwald Postdoctoral Fellows in U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security
  • Dickey Newsletter | Dickey Center News & Events | Instagram
• The Dartmouth Center for Social Impact prepares students to be transformative leaders for the common good. DCSI offers internship funding, local volunteer opportunities, post graduate fellowships, immersion trips, leadership development, and more. 
• Public Policy and Government Research Guide
  • Leadership Congress/Leadership Federal (Advanced Search > Education for Dartmouth Contacts)
  • Public Policy Research Tools including Congress.gov, Congressional Quarterly Library; ProQuest Congress

External Resources

• Ted Talks on Government
• Usability.gov: How to create accessible materials – and an example of the many types of roles you can play in government. This site showcases skills in User Experience and Human-Centered Design.
• Congress.Gov
• Leadership Connect
  • includes search feature for finding Dartmouth alumni in Congress and Federal government
• CQ Electronic Library
• ProQuest Congressional

Think Tanks

• 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
• GuideStar Pro
  • search this database of U.S. nonprofits by keyword “Think Tank” and location
• Open Think Tank Directory
  • see also On Think Tank’s Global Statistics for “topics that think tanks focus on and which are more popular by region”
• Think Tank Search
  • A Google Custom Search of more than 1200 think tanks and research centers offered by the Harvard Kennedy School.
• Global Go To Think Tank Index Report
• Think Tanks & Civil Societies Program, The Lauder Institute, The University of Pennsylvania